Comments on: Size Acceptance Nightclub Opens in Reno

By: skinnyminny

skinnyminny — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:27:10 +0000

Ha I’m not microscopic, just petite.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:07:26 +0000

skinnyminny, are you microscopic? Because in that case I can totally understand “too small to dance with” — hard to dance with someone you can’t see. Otherwise, I’m as baffled as you are.

By: skinnyminny

skinnyminny — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:53:35 +0000

I agree with Margaret. It would be nice if there was a club that was equally accepted for their size, fat or skinny. It’s funny, I was at a club Friday night and a guy commented to me that I was ‘too small’ to dance with. I’m still not even sure what to think of it.

By: Charli

Charli — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:33:55 +0000

Anybody go look at the photos on the site? They’ve got some beautiful people getting into that club!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:02:16 +0000

I’m not gonna lie, I would vastly prefer an all-inclusive size acceptance club that accepts ALL sizes rather than being fat people only. That could be due to, you know, my size.
And I imagine that I’d be excluded from a Beautiful People club for some dumb reason anyway, even if I’m the ‘right’ body type (although ideally, I’d be a 32/34D/C rather than 32A :P).

I’ve never been clubbing (I turned 18 about 2-3 months ago, and still live with my parents and don’t have my license or a job…….), but if I ever go to one, yes, I would want a place where I can just dance and have fun without all the getting laid obsessing and judgemental freaks. I lovelovelove dancing, although my skills are a tad questionable. But I don’t care. :P

By: kateharding

kateharding — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:53:32 +0000

Yeah, Kunoichi, Charli’s got it right. There are certain clubs that do their best to cater only to The Beautiful People, and they will keep out those who are too fat, too old, not dressed hot enough, whatev. But that’s certainly not something that happens at your average bar. (I’d be fucked if it were.)

By: Charli

Charli — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:53:06 +0000

I was under the impression that a lot of nightclubs (not bars) do indeed turn away the “ugly” or “undesirable” people…. Well, maybe not turn them away, but they certainly don’t get a free pass in like the cute little tweenie-boppers do they? They have to “Wait in line like everybody else” while they watch the social “standard” of beauty walk right in.

By: Kunoichi

Kunoichi — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:14:38 +0000

Hold on a minute – do bars really turn people away for being fat??? I’ve never heard of that before. My husband was a bouncer and worked the door sometimes, and that sort of thing wasn’t even on the radar – they were far more interested in keeping out the under age kids or violence prone idiots.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:07:08 +0000

I don’t do much clubbing now because working + seminary=tired early in the evenings. Hopefully that will change over Christmas break. But I like the sound of that club in Reno because they accept people of all sizes. I have friends of various body types, so that would be an awesome place to go.

By: Charli

Charli — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:19:54 +0000

You know, I don’t club much yet or anything, but from my experiences with many different types of business establishments, it seems to be that starting your own place with the rules you want to see enacted EVERYWHERE is normally the best way to start change… I mean, who is really holding the gun to the “normal” club owners’ throats and telling them to let fat people in?

Nobody. So they’ll keep doing what they do. And these new club owners are doing what they think the others should be doing, and maybe when this club is a huge success and makes tons of money (and I do predict that it will be successful), the other guys will perk up their ears.